TNI softFlow 50 - 8) Filling The Water Chamber; Humidification Chamber; Transport Of The Device

11
Operating Instruction TNI soft Flow 50 homecare system
than24hours.Replacetheapplicatorevery24hoursandnotethereplacementcycles.
• TheTNI soft
Flow 50isalwaystobecleanedanddisinfectedpriortothevisitofanew
patient(formoredetailedinformation,seechapter5,“Hygienic measures”).
• Duetohygienicreasons,notmorethanonepatientmayusethesameapplicator.
1.3.8)Fillingthewaterchamber/humidicationchamber
• Whenopeningthedeviceimmediatelyafterturningito,pleasenotethattheinnerparts
ofthedevice(metallicbottomofthe“humidierhomecarecomplete”,“humidication
chamberwithreservoir”,“humidiercliniccomplete”andtheheatingplate)mightbehot
andmaythereforenotbetouched.Pleasewaitacoupleofminutesuntilthedevicehas
cooleddown.
• Undernocircumstancesmustuidsgetintothedevice!
• Alwaystakethe“humidierhomecarecomplete”,the“humidicationchamberwithres-
ervoir”andthe“humidiercliniccomplete”outoftheTNI soft
Flow 50tollitup.Marks
onthestoragecontainerindicateminimumandmaximumllinglevel.Fillupthewater
chamber/humidicationchamberwithinthisarea,maximumuptothemarklabeled“max”.
The“waterchamberhumidierhomecare”andthe“humidicationchamberwithreservoir”
mayonlybelledwithdrinkingwater.Donotuseadditives!(seechapter3.1.1“Fillingand
insertingthehumidierhomecarecomplete”;3.1.2.“Assemblingandinsertingthehumidi-
ercliniccomplete”and3.1.4“humidicationchamberwithreservoir”.Ifthedeviceislled
withnon-recommendedadditives,thepatient’sairwaysmaybeimpaired!
• Assoonasthe“humidierhomecarecomplete”andthe“humidiercliniccomplete”islled
upwithwaterandinsertedintheTNI soft
Flow 50again,theTNI soft Flow 50shouldnot
bemovedquickly,beextremelyinclinednortransported.Withsuchactivities,watermight
uncontrollablygetoutofthehumidierintothedevicewhichmayimpaircorrectfunction-
ingofthedevice.
• Removethe“humidierhomecarecomplete”orthe“humidiercliniccomplete”before
transportingthedeviceorchangingitsposition.
1.3.9 Transportofthedevice
• Inordertoavoiddamages,becarefulwhentransportingorstoringthedevice!
• The“humidierhomecarecomplete”,the“humidicationchamberwithreservoir”orthe
“humidiercliniccomplete”maynotcontainwaterduringtransportationofthe
TNI soft
Flow 50.
• Thedevicemayonlybetransportedinanuprightandintendedposition.
• Donotdropthedevicesincethismaycausehousingdamagesandimpairproper
functioning.
• Incaseofdroppingthedevicenonetheless,makesurethattheTNI soft
Flow 50isin
propercondition(completeness,novisibledefects,etc.).Inordertoensurethis,always
performavisualcheckfordamagesofthesinglepartspriortostartingup.Incaseofab-
normalities,immediatelycontactyourlocalTNImedicalAGrepresentative.
• Ifyouaretransportingtheexternaloxygensource,pleaseconsulttheusermanualofthat
devicefortransportinstructions.